TY - BOOK AU - Spirou, Costas TI - Urban tourism and urban change : : Cities in a global economy SN - 9780-415-80163-8 AV - 307.1416 Sp48u PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Simultaneously pub. KW - Cities and towns KW - City planning KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Tourism KW - Economic development N1 - Includes index; 1. Changing Cities and the Commodification of Leisure 2. Globalization, Urban Competition, and Tourism 3. Tourism Policies and Urban Growth 4. The Infrastructure and Finance of Urban Tourism 5. Urban Tourism, Amenities and Human Capital 6. Residential Development and the New Face of Downtowns 7. Implications and Debates N2 - Offers both a sociological/cultural analysis of change that has taken place in many of the world`s cities, as well as implications of these changes for urban management and planning sense, for success and failure in metropolitan change ER -